Evans Pond Fishing near Plainfield, Connecticut

• Overview

  Evans Pond is listed under Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. The land about it is mixed woodland. At 3 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region standards. For a base, Plainfield sits 0.2 miles out. Plainfield Village is 0.7 miles away, with Moosup at 3.2 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Evans Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, recorded fish include bluegill, smallmouth bass and yellow bullhead. The county list is broader than any single water. Fish Evans Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 71°F; the cold one sits at 26°F. A lid forms in a hard winter only. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Evans Pond fishes to that pattern most years. The week either side of a change of season often fishes hardest.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. You can leave the car about half a mile from the water. The water sits inside or beside a nature reserve, so expect extra rules. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Packers Pond is 1.6 miles distant. Ask locally about Evans Pond if anything is unclear.